TTC and Beyond!

[frsttimemama]

Cute Britt!!

Morgan, I can imagine. Our name goes either way, so gender won't matter luckily. Middle name is another story. Lol. It's so cold I am sure it wouldn't spoil getting there! Haha

 

[morganwhite7]

Haha very true!! Negatives still here today :/ And you mean you'd use your son's name again for a 1st name? I think it would be really great for a girl too, maybe alter spelling or something? Oh and your US is early next week, right? Ooh I can't wait to see how many are in there

 

[HWPG]

i am feeling so "ugly" today - i mean, not really, but i'm in between clothes. i have a couple pairs of normal pants that still fit, but i dont want to keep wearing only two pairs of pants. so i'm wearing a maternity pant today. but they are huge and it's cold, so i have a secondary pair of pants (scrubs) underneath. i'm also wearing a maternity shirt - comfortable, but big. and a sweater. i think part of it is wearing so many layers - it's freaking cold and i want it to be spring/summer right now! so i can wear cute things and not 18 layers. i'm, of course, still 100% color coordinated, but i just feel like i got dressed out of someone else's closet. having a little pity party over here, and it's so unwarranted. i'm just hyper-aware of how i look and think everyone is staring at me, and i know it's not true. bah.

 

[frsttimemama]

No, we chose a different name, but it will go for either a boy or girl, just with different middle names. And yes, appointment Tuesday! Hopefully a scan, too. Praying for a little heartbeat!

Mirolee, i hear ya! It will get better I'm over winter, too! Ugh!

 

[morganwhite7]

Mirolee- Yes, just a stage I promise! That in-between time.. I felt the same after announcing at work, like people were looking at it constantly. And they WERE! I find men especially can't help themselves.. while talking to them they glance up and down constantly. Makes me feel quite uncomfortable, too. But the in-between junk will only last about a month- 12 to 15 weeks I'd say. Then you'll be worried about your belly button popping out of your shirt haha so not much to look forward to

 

[frsttimemama]

My belly button never popped out! It got shallow, but it stay right side in. That totally freaked me out! Lol

 

[HWPG]

do i need to take out my belly ring? i mean, will i know if it needs to go? i think they make flexible ones, right? i want to keep it for my post-partum 6-pack bikini body

 

[morganwhite7]

^Hmmm.... Depending on what type of belly button you have I think! Some ladies have "innies" that never really pop out, just get super tight but still have the lip where the ring is. Me on the other hand, I've got an innie/outie that will not go back in. It is completely flat across my belly, so I don't think I'd be able to have one in much past 15 weeks!

I bet you could remove it at end of 2nd tri and re-insert after birth though.. I wouldn't think that'd be enough time for it to close up

(button pic attached, ik I'm weird lol HTH!)

 

[brunettebimbo]

I bought a flexi bar and wore through my entire pregnancy.

Mine looked like this - Pregnancy Belly Bars - Pierced & Modified - Body Jewellery - Plain Maternity Navel Retainer Pierced & Modified https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004FBOV82/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_i5s6sb1MMXB66

 

[frsttimemama]

I was never brave (or skinny!) enough to pierce anything! Lol

 

[brunettebimbo]

I love piercings and tattoos. I have a few!

 

[wavescrash]

My first pregnancy I managed to keep my belly button ring in more than halfway through my pregnancy. Never put it back in. Now my belly button pops out the second I find out I'm pregnant basically lol

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

I'm almost 20 and I still have mine in (belly button ring) but I have noticed that it's starting to hurt. Sadly, I think it may be time really soon to take it out.

 

[Ingodshand]

Sandy- Yay for the smell aversion!! I couldn’t go anywhere near coffee with Alyssa and I LOVE it!

Rachel- How much snow did you get? We got about 2-3 inches and all schools are closed plus my work. It truly is crazy how this small amount just shuts everything down. At least you got home okay!

Waves- 6 weeks!! She will be here before you know it!

BB- I hope you get some answers soon!

Nikki- That is ridiculous that you get a storage closet! Can you complain to anyone?

Britt- You look great! What a cute bump

Mirolee- Those middle weeks are really hard. You just feel so fat and want to wear a sign that says, No, I am not just gaining weight, but growing a baby so stop staring!!!!


AFM- I am 31 weeks today!! I can not believe it that I have made it to 31 weeks and that I have only 9 weeks or less to go! I am a little frustrated since I have gained like 3 pounds this past week so I really need to lay off the cookies and hot dogs (LOVE hot dogs, but too much salt). I know that I am just getting bigger but still hard since I wanted to keep my weight gain under 30 pounds and was at 27 this am. I know that I am pregnant and should not worry since I am within the correct gain amount but I started 20 pds above where I wanted to be so it is just hard to see the numbers creep up

 

[HWPG]

i weigh myself every monday, and i have an excel spreadsheet with two lines on it: the heavy side of the appropriate weight gain for my pre-baby height/weight, and the light side. my "reality" line is following the heavy line. ergh. then again, i actually think i'm doing pretty well, and my weight is popping out my front, not all over (yet). and BMI has me as overweight pre-preg, and i'm like, "wha!". meh, oh well, i keep thinking i'll work it off after. i may never have another chance to indulge without (much) guilt!

 

[Ingodshand]

i weigh myself every monday, and i have an excel spreadsheet with two lines on it: the heavy side of the appropriate weight gain for my pre-baby height/weight, and the light side. my "reality" line is following the heavy line. ergh. then again, i actually think i'm doing pretty well, and my weight is popping out my front, not all over (yet). and BMI has me as overweight pre-preg, and i'm like, "wha!". meh, oh well, i keep thinking i'll work it off after. i may never have another chance to indulge without (much) guilt!

You are so organized! Wish I could keep track like that, but I would just forget to update the sheet and get frustrated all over again! Everyone keeps saying that I look great and that I am all belly so I know it is "good" gain.

 

[Disneybaby26]

I just found out today that I can take 16 weeks but only get paid for 6 (two weeks full, 4 weeks at 70%) Such crap!! I think we are going to aim for the 12 and go from there! US maternity leave definitely sucks!

 

[Disneybaby26]

Oh and Re: belly ring. I was told early on that I had to take mine out at 20 weeks and ended up taking it out that day because The doctor made me feel silly for still having a belly ring at 29 in the first place LOL. Hey, I liked it!!! There's still a little hole there but I highly doubt I could get anything through it, I read they close reallllyyyy fast!

 

[TTCaWee1]

Hey ladies! Made it to work this morning after scraping 1/2 inch of ice off my car with a wooden spatula! Lol. Then they sent me home at 2. So exciting. The bridges are all still closed but luckily I don't have to go over any to get to my new house! Haha suckas! We got maybe 1/2 inch of snow before I went to bed but really it's all ice. I don't know the official totals bc I haven't checked.

Sandy that's cool you are an RN as well. Had no idea. I'm an ER nurse. I could NEVER work in a nursing home. Or the floor. Or really anywhere than the ER or ICU. Have you ever worked anywhere else or had the desire to?

As far as maternity leave, I get 12 weeks with fmla, but I have to use my PTO. The hospital provides no paid maternity leave. I do however, get paid income insurance that kicks in after 7 days. It sucks though bc it's only $600 every 2 weeks bc I signed up 5 years ago just to have it and never increased it when we started trying, then once I remembered, it was too late. But at least it's extra $$ on top of my PTO. DH is taking off 3 weeks beginning when baby is born. He has boatloads of PTO and comp time so he's set.

That's crap about the pumping room Nikki. We have lactation rooms but I work for a ginormous hospital. I would just pump at your desk until they give you accommodations lol.

I have gained 27# so far...I'm allll belly though so I can't really complain. Has anyone besides Julie gotten stretch marks yet? I freaked out the other day thinking I got my first one but it was an indent from my tank top that just took forever to go away.

I got a teal bumbo in the mail today. I need to organize all this stuff we are getting. It's so unorganized!

 

[Disneybaby26]

Glad you made it to work and they let you go Rachel!! LMAO at the stretch mark thing!! I didn't that when I woke up the other morning pulled up my shirt and was like AHHHHH!!! But then realized I must have been sleeping on like half my belly and it was just crinkled up tee marks! Too funny!!